Lecture – Kathleen Brown: Apron History Ties Us Together

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Lecture Description: Kathleen Brown will dive into the fascinating history of aprons with stories that tie Texas apron-wearers and seamstresses together. Speaker Bio: Vintage apron scholar as well as curator …

Lecture – Randy Lemmon: Gardening in Southeast Texas

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Lecture Description: Randy Lemmon will discuss regional gardening practices. Speaker Bio: Randy is well known in our area through his Garden Line program on KTRH radio in Houston. For over 25 years and with 1.4 million listeners, he has guided Southeast Texans on the best gardening practices for our area. Author of popular gardening books …

Lecture – Jennifer Thalheimer: Quest of Beauty – Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Life and Art

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Lecture Description: Jennifer Thalheimer will examine Louis Comfort Tiffany's astonishingly diverse work in the decorative arts over the course of his lifetime through the remarkable collection of the Morse Museum. Speaker Bio: Jennifer Thalheimer is Curator and Collection Manager at the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida. The Morse Museum …

Lecture – Harry Rinker: Life is a Treasure Hunt – How to Find, Evaluate & Manage Items in your Collection

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Join the McFaddin-Ward House (MWH) for “Life is a Treasure Hunt – How to Find, Evaluate & Manage Items in Your Collection,” a lecture by Harry Rinker. The lecture will be held Thursday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the MWH Visitor Center Lecture Hall, located at 1906 Calder Avenue, in Beaumont. An appraisal clinic …

Lecture – Jessica Dupuy: Viva Texas Vino & History of Texas Foods

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

Calling all wine & food lovers!  Guest speaker Jessica Dupuy will provide a look at the Texas wine industry and the historic background of some of our favorite Texas foods. Enjoy a taste of Texas before the lecture at 6 p.m.  Based in Austin, Texas, Jessica Dupuy is a wine, spirits, food, and travel writer. …

Lecture – Monuments and Symbols in American History

McFaddin-Ward House Visitor Center 1906 Calder, Beaumont, TX, United States

  Ivan Schwartz is the founder and director of StudioEIS, a sculpture and design studio based in Brooklyn, New York, that specializes in classical figurative sculpture and visual storytelling with …